To J. S. Henslow 16 September [1842]
[12 Upper Gower Street]
Sept 16th
My dear Henslow.
I bequest to your Museum,1 —a parcel of Paints with wh. Fuegians colour their bodies.2 Two spears with which the spear Porpoises Fish, Otters & Guanaco, &c— And a Pacific Dolphin Hook
Ever yours | C. Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Jenyns, Leonard. 1862. Memoir of the Rev. John Stevens Henslow, late rector of Hitcham, and professor of botany in the University of Cambridge. London: John Van Voorst.
Russell-Gebbett, Jean. 1977. Henslow of Hitcham: botanist, educationalist and clergyman. Lavenham, Suffolk: Terence Dalton.
Summary
CD gives JSH Fuegian paints and spears and a Pacific dolphin hook for his museum.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-642
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- John Stevens Henslow
- Sent from
- London, Upper Gower St, 12
- Source of text
- DAR 93: A7
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 642,” accessed on 10 June 2023, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-642.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 2
